by Brian Honigman @ Digital Current

Tue Aug 01 12:00:14 PDT 2017

Quora is an effective avenue to boost your brand’s presence online. Learn how to best use the Q&A site to boost traffic, authority, and SEO. It’s difficult to find an answer to a very specific, nuanced question online at times. Google searches often return results that help answer a question broadly, while Yahoo Answers are […]

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Fri Mar 24 00:34:29 PDT 2017

Recently, I outlined some local SEO strategy and actionable insights on making your local business ideal for ranking high on Google’s Local Results. Now, successfully ranking here still boils down to your on page Local SEO efforts. This basic setup is what provides Google with the exact information they need to rank your website in local results, and without that, you’re likely to be misidentified by search engines. Similarly, you can’t rely on just your ...

by Kyle Johnson @ Digital Current

Wed Sep 06 08:00:18 PDT 2017

Learn how AMP has become integral for organic search, how to draw in millennials with content marketing, & so much more! After a couple weeks off, we return to look at how automation and big data are becoming a part of digital marketing. We also explore ways to deepen human connections through content marketing. Let’s […]

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Mar 15 04:33:12 PDT 2017

Local Search Engine Optimization has been a big deal throughout 2016, and it’s about to get bigger still. Mobile search has been on the rise. Hitwise has reported that 60% of searchers are now on a mobile device. Mobile searches tend to be much more localized in nature, and I have discussed this at length in my previous posts. At the same time, new technology has been emerging that may change the way we search ...

by Ashley Ward @ AuthorityLabs

Fri Aug 11 11:03:02 PDT 2017

These days having an eCommerce website can be more competitive than a storefront. With outlets like SquareSpace and the range of eCommerce WordPress themes available, building an online website can be done by just about anyone, web developer experience or not. Which means just about everyone is building an online store and competing for your... Read more »

by Harsh Agrawal @ ShoutMeLoud

Thu Aug 31 22:30:33 PDT 2017

SEO remains one of the most popular topics on the internet. Why? Because webmasters are always fighting to get search traffic – the better your pages are optimized for search engines, the more chances you have to rank your content, and the more traffic you’ll drive to your site. That’s not all; it equally means […]

by Jillian Wood @ Influitive

Fri Jul 14 13:01:10 PDT 2017

A new IDC report has found that one organizational tactic has grown 570% YOY among B2B vendors (and no, we don’t mean ABM). It’s customer advocacy programs. Last year, only 10% B2B vendors surveyed had a customer advocacy program in place, according to the IDC research. This year, “The Role of Marketing in Customer Advocacy”

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Tue Jan 03 08:27:17 PST 2017

Yelp is a social sharing and recommendation app that helps people find the best events, restaurants, bars, clubs and pop-ups. If you run a business that relies on local search traffic for the majority of your custom, then Yelp is an essential asset to your business’ online strategy. Launched in 2004, Yelp is the go-to resource for millions of visitors to look for information about local businesses. It allows users to check-in at businesses, rate ...

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Wed Aug 16 16:09:25 PDT 2017

One thing most SEOs are aware of is that search results at Google are sometimes personalized for searchers; but it’s not something that I’ve seen too much written about. So when I came across a patent that is about personalizing search results, I wanted to dig in, and see if it could give us more […]

by Craig Hyde @ Rigor

Fri Aug 18 12:40:55 PDT 2017

This week, Inc. Magazine released the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. Rigor was honored to be named in the elite Inc. 500 at the 430th spot. This ranking demonstrates a 10x growth over the past three years, 1,021% to be exact. For comparison, the overall economy grew 6.7% during […]

Being protective of your content is a natural trait of every blogger. After all, your content is your brain child. It started as a mere idea. You put that idea into words. You gave it your personality. And then you released it onto the world. To be fruitful and multiply. To bring in more readers. So far, so good, right? But what happens when your content starts to bring in readers to another site rather than yours? As in 'another site outranks your original content in Google search'? Search Engine Ranking Loss: The Premise A few days ago, Ileane Smith

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Jun 07 03:04:51 PDT 2017

We’re already halfway through 2017, which means that Google has undoubtedly implemented numerous changes to the Google algorithm in order to improve the user experience. As we all know, Google tinkers with their algorithm on a daily basis in order to ensure that they offer the best search experience on the web. As such, it should come as no surprise that there are a number of new features that have been introduced that don’t just ...

The pervasiveness of the social web means B2B buyers can find a lot of information about vendors online before they ever get in touch with a sales rep. Not only must brands be easy to find online (lest they be seen as vaporware!), but everything a prospect sees in the early stages of the buying

by Brian Honigman @ Digital Current

Tue Aug 15 12:00:29 PDT 2017

Considering SEO or social media for your business? Discover the pros and cons of each to determine what will work best for you. It’s clear SEO and social media are beneficial for similar and distinct reasons, but most brand teams don’t have the capabilities to be active on every medium in a significant way. With […]

by Max Goldberg @ SEO Optimizers

Wed Mar 15 10:07:57 PDT 2017

Search engines like Google use many thousands of different signals to determine which websites rank highest for each keyword. There are many ways to get your website to rank higher. For example, it’s common for search engine optimization specialists to focus on optimization tactics like building high quality links, or making sure the right keyword…

by bosmolskate @ SEO Optimizers

Thu Jun 09 10:30:04 PDT 2016

It can be a lucrative investment making a video to promote your product or service, but the real value is getting the video proper exposure to your target audience so people are aware that the video exists. It is easy enough to create a video and post it on YouTube or Vimeo, but that will…

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Tue Feb 28 02:57:47 PST 2017

A couple of weeks ago, Azfar rightly pointed out that voice search isn’t going to radically alter search engine optimization. Voice search and SEO consultants can stay friends, for now. He’s right of course, but we’ve both explored the changes voice search will bring about. Make no mistake, digital marketing is going to change as a result of voice search. Why? Because it’s already here. Some of you may be wondering, what is voice search? ...

Search engine optimization (SEO) has evolved greatly over the years. While you could once achieve high rankings on search pages by cramming specific keywords onto your site as many times as possible, modern algorithms are intended to “think” like a user. As such, there is now a mutually beneficial relationship, so to speak, between design …

by hothadmin @ The HOTH

Wed Jul 26 09:24:07 PDT 2017

Schema markup is code that you can use to markup certain elements of your website to help search engines understand them better. By adding local schema markup to your website, you can tell search engines exactly what your business name is, your image, your address, phone number, hours of operation and more. In today’s article, […]

by Joseph Shih @ Twinword, Inc.

Mon Jul 24 18:30:23 PDT 2017

Google’s aim is to deliver to its users the most relevant content with the highest quality. Some indicators of quality are the website’s backlink profile, domain authority, and not being spammy. As for indicators of relevance, ever since the Panda Update of Google’s search algorithm, Google has been shifting their approach of detecting relevance […]

by Adam Coombs @ Unamo Blog

Thu Sep 14 01:52:30 PDT 2017

Local SEO for Small Businesses The organic search results are already a tough place to fight for top rankings. Local search results? Even harder. Besides traditional SEO, there are a variety of local SEO ranking factors that small businesses and even larger franchises have to worry about when jockeying for the top positions for localized […]

by hothadmin @ The HOTH

Fri Jul 28 13:00:41 PDT 2017

Google recently announced it’s doing away with Google Instant, which was created in 2010. Only 7 years after its inception, the search feature is proving obsolete. But what exactly does this mean for Google users? And for the realm of search engines in general? Let’s take a look. What Is Google Instant? Google Instant was […]

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Tue Jun 13 14:41:53 PDT 2017

There are a few books and courses online that are free and really helpful when it comes to learning some of the things that will make you a better SEO. Knowledge can make a difference, and having an idea of how search engines work can possibly give you a competitive advantage over others who haven’t […]

by Natalie Severt @ Unamo Blog

Fri Sep 08 07:58:11 PDT 2017

You have a business. Your business has a website. You use localized keyword research and traditional SEO tactics to help your business rank well online. You have a diversified backlink profile and high domain authority. Congratulations! But now you want to expand. And this is where it gets complicated. How do you create an international […]

by hothadmin @ The HOTH

Fri Sep 01 12:08:21 PDT 2017

Over the last few months we’ve been cranking faster than ever so we wanted to share a few things you may have missed @ The HOTH! Let’s get into it: 1) Private Vault: Expanded Catalog, Moves Into Dashboard If you’re looking for high quality links, Private Vault has a wide variety of niche placements for […]

by Joseph Shih @ Twinword, Inc.

Sun Sep 10 22:11:53 PDT 2017

Did you know that Google uses your past search history to give you more relevant results? Here is an experiment you can try: In a private browser session (with no cookies), go to Google.com and just start typing “food ” (with a space following). You should see some autocomplete suggestions such as […]

Whether it’s a photo, an infographic, or an illustration, adding images to your site is a powerful way to enhance the reader’s experience. Our brains process visuals way faster than they do text, which may explain why articles including images get 94% more views than those that...

by Adam Coombs @ Unamo Blog

Thu Aug 17 02:49:40 PDT 2017

What does it take to rank your video in the top 10 results on Google? And on YouTube? Well, these are two very different enterprises entirely. A recent study found that 64% of all YouTube videos appearing in Google search results had a different rank hierarchy when searched on YouTube. In other words, videos ranking […]

by Rob Thomas @ Sourceline Media – Social Media & Online Marketing

Fri May 06 07:01:00 PDT 2016

In days gone by, marketing took place in a very physical way. Ads were placed on billboards or handed out to potential customers. Today, we look at the world of marketing entirely differently because of the internet, search and social media. Online marketing has been on the rise ever since the first banner ads appeared awkwardly ... Read more

by Today's Industry Insider @ The Kissmetrics Marketing Blog

Wed Aug 16 08:30:06 PDT 2017

In real estate, the axiom is location, location, location. It’s first and foremost. The number one consideration. For your digital efforts – email, web pages, eCommerce platforms – an argument could be made for a few different ones: search engine optimization (SEO), the user experience (UX), conversion rate optimization (CRO), or perhaps something else entirely. […]

Nine months ago, I wrote an article on schema and SEO. Therein, I talked about how filling out of metadata made for a better user experience and could assist in SEO. Even though Google has denied up until now that schema would be used as a ranking fa...

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Fri Sep 01 13:37:59 PDT 2017

In October of 2015, a new algorithm was announced by members of the Google Brain team, described in this post from Search Engine Land – Meet RankBrain: The Artificial Intelligence That’s Now Processing Google Search Results One of the Google Brain team members who gave Bloomberg News a long interview on Rankbrain, Gregory S. Corrado […]

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Mar 22 01:26:38 PDT 2017

We’re living in a time of exciting developments in artificial intelligence. Machine learning algorithms are becoming more and more advanced, and can now interpret our intentions which a much greater understanding of context. Businesses are starting to practice voice search SEO too. This makes a smart, conversational user interface, like those seen in science fiction, come ever closer to being a reality. Already, automated speech recognition has made huge leaps. The accuracy of these programs ...

by Today's Industry Insider @ The Kissmetrics Marketing Blog

Tue Aug 08 11:15:46 PDT 2017

AdWords is one of the most predictable paid media channels. By using it, you’re focusing on people who show their intent in advertising platforms. Search traffic is growing by a lot. In 2014, marketers spent $23.44 billion in the search channel. That same figure for this year is already $32.32 billion, and it’s expected to […]

Showing up on search engines is one of the most critical ways to increase website traffic and expose your content, product or service to people who might be interested in what you have to offer. This means that you'll want to practice a...

1) Implement Title Tags and Meta Tags Title Tags are an important aspect of search engine optimization as they are the way to convey your marketing skills to your target audience. The wording should flow smoothly

by Joseph Shih @ Twinword, Inc.

Tue Aug 29 23:39:16 PDT 2017

Knowing what keywords are being searched for can help you better title your precious videos. The worst fear is spending hours on planning, recording, and editing your video, but in the end not having it found by your target audience. Having the most searched keywords on YouTube related with your video will […]

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Thu Feb 16 01:52:37 PST 2017

As Azfar pointed out last week, voice search is more popular than ever. Almost every major technology brand is using voice search in one form or another, with Apple’s Siri, Google’s Voice Search, Amazon’s Alexa, and Microsoft’s Cortana all aiming to different extents to act as a virtual assistant. Voice search has some useful applications, and it’s used differently to normal searches. What we do know however that it is used a lot. 55% of ...

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Jan 18 04:50:19 PST 2017

Have you talked to your computer today? If not, you may actually be in the minority. A surprisingly quiet (given the subject matter) revolution in the nature of web-searching and SEO has been going on for the last few years, one which has gone surprisingly under-reported in the world of marketing. That revolution is, of course, voice search and other voice-driven computer interfaces. Exact numbers are hard to come by and tend to vary significantly ...

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Sat Aug 26 11:35:53 PDT 2017

Back in the early days of the Internet, SEO was relatively simple: pick a few relevant keywords and plug them in. However, SEO has become much more complex than just that. Even when it comes to finding relevant keywords, a lot more has to be taken into consideration, including semantic search. (Find out how to do SEO for beginners here.) The following is an in-depth guide on what is semantic search, how it can benefit ...

The pervasiveness of the social web means B2B buyers can find a lot of information about vendors online before they ever get in touch with a sales rep. Not only must brands be easy to find online (lest they be seen as vaporware!), but everything a prospect sees in the early stages of the buying

by Rob Thomas @ Sourceline Media – Social Media & Online Marketing

Tue May 23 07:59:20 PDT 2017

Updated 7-8-2017 Every search engine uses a different formula, which is why the results will be different between Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com and other search engines. These formulas, known as algorithms, are constantly changing as the search engines strive to achieve improved results. So understanding how the algorithm works is the first step in learning ... Read more

by Ashley Ward @ AuthorityLabs

Wed Sep 06 09:23:24 PDT 2017

One incredibly common misconception about SEO is that SEO is just about keywords and content strategy on a website. What’s important to keep in mind is that search engine optimization isn’t there for just human eyes, but mainly for the eyes of a search engine. Those engines aren’t looking at just the content – they’re... Read more »

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Thu Jul 13 01:31:49 PDT 2017

Many websites use HTTP. However, back in 2014, Google recommended that sites switch to HTTPS. Until then, only sites with e-commerce pages really bothered to use HTTPS. As an incentive for switching over, Google announced that it would be providing HTTPS sites with a minor rankings bump, in effect punishing sites that did not switch over by giving an edge to competitors that did. Now you’re probably wondering – why is it so important that ...

One of the essential elements of SEO is picking the right keyword, making them rank & track the keyword position in search. It is absolutely necessary for a blogger or SEO professional to check their Google keyword ranking for target keywords. One of the most common mistakes bloggers and website administrators make is that they write and publish articles …

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Thu May 25 10:04:44 PDT 2017

If you’ve done any SEO for a site, you may recognize some of the steps involved in working towards making a website authoritative: Conduct keyword research to find appropriate terms and phrases for your industry and audience Review the use of keywords on the pages of your site to make sure it includes those in […]

by Ana Hoffman @ TrafficGenerationCafe.com

Fri Oct 28 01:41:08 PDT 2016

I bet you’ve landed on this page searching for answers about WordPress pings, possibly (secretly?) hoping it just might be the golden ticket to your blog being discovered and loved by the world… Well, maybe not quite so dramatic, but nonetheless… Let me ask you this: have you noticed yet how hard it is to find any current information […]

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch™ analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in August with 67.3 percent of search queries conducted.

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Mon Feb 06 00:14:38 PST 2017

Speaking to computers was first popularised in Star Trek, and as with so much science fiction, became science fact within a matter of decades. It started to go mainstream with Siri, and Microsoft soon entered the fray with Cortana. Now Amazon’s Alexa is entering the fray, people are starting to see how voice can help them during their searches. Google has responded to the trend by creating Google Voice Search, while iPhone now has the ...

by Stephen Krauska @ Rigor

Fri Sep 01 09:52:44 PDT 2017

During an implementation call with a client few weeks ago, I was asked “What metrics should we optimize for?” It’s a question I’m asked regularly, so I decided to do some extra research into the subject and resolve it once and for all. From my experience working with customers to understand their performance problems, proven […]

by Adam Coombs @ Unamo Blog

Thu Sep 07 08:44:38 PDT 2017

With Multiregional Keyword Tracking you’ll be able to track keywords in multiple regions in your Unamo SEO campaign. ​ Multiregional tracking only applies to Google; however, with a variety of local search engines in various countries, you can check the success of your keywords in one region against their success in another. By doing this, […]

by Tatiana Morand @ Influitive

Thu Sep 14 11:30:56 PDT 2017

At the heart of every successful advocacy program is a single marketer—a forward-thinker, a trailblazer, an innovator—who recognized the power of advocate marketing and ran with it. It takes a special kind of marketing professional to plan, execute, and measure the success of an advocacy marketing program—especially since they also must continually demonstrate to their

by Mahum Ali @ Twinword, Inc.

Thu Jul 13 01:41:56 PDT 2017

Are you new to search engine optimization and don’t know how to improve your ranking on search engines? In this article I’m going to talk about some topics that will help improve your SEO marketing and rank. You’re probably wondering why SEO marketing is important for business. It is important because it […]

Every two years, Moz surveys the opinions of dozens of the world's brightest search marketers and runs correlation studies to better understand the workings of search engine algorithms. Here are the results for 2015.

Which are the 10 best and most popular search engines in the World? Besides Google and Bing there are other search engines that many not be so well known but still serve millions of search queries per day. It may be a shocking surprise for many people but Google is not the only search engine available today on the Internet! In fact, there are a number of search engines that try to take Google's throne but none of them is ready (yet) to even pose a threat. Nevertheless, there are search engines that are worth considering and the top 10 are

by Avinash Nair @ Unamo Blog

Tue Aug 29 05:09:47 PDT 2017

From creating different landing pages to finding niche, relevant keywords, a lot of franchisors (and their SEO vendors) are neck deep in their search for the Holy Grail of franchise SEO. And that’s only the beginning. As a franchisor, you’re aware by now of the many pitfalls of attempting to unify information without duplicating it. […]

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Tue May 30 22:59:33 PDT 2017

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most important strategic tools at your disposal when you’re creating a website. It’s important when you do launch a website that you integrate SEO strategies as soon as possible. This will benefit you not only in the short term, but also affect how your website matures. Like a fine wine or a delicious cheese, the right ingredients have to be present from the outset in order to ...

by Bill Slawski @ SEO by the Sea ⚓

Mon Jun 19 13:20:46 PDT 2017

When Google crawls the Web, it extracts facts from content on the pages it finds as well as links on pages. How much information does it extract about facts on the Web? Microsoft showed off an object-based search about 10 years ago, in the paper, Object-Level Ranking: Bringing Order to Web Objects.. The team from […]

by Adam White @ The HOTH

Thu Aug 17 07:38:09 PDT 2017

This article was contributed to our SEO community blog by Adam White of SEO Jet For the last 5 years there has been a common practice among SEOs both established and new, it’s what I call the shotgun approach to link building (more on that in a minute). Once Google made all of their anchor […]

Need more traffic from search engines? Cueblocks is a full service digital marketing agency that offers search optimization services. Our SEO analysts will take care of all the on page and off page SEO activities that are Panda and Penguin proof.

by Joydeep Bhattacharya @ Unamo Blog

Fri Jul 28 03:43:50 PDT 2017

Someone may perform a Google search for an item in your store, but unless that product’s page is optimized correctly, they may not be able to find it easily in the search results. So, unless you wish to miss out on potential visitors, you should make sure your product pages are optimized. The recommendations below […]

by Mahum Ali @ Twinword, Inc.

Thu Jul 06 01:40:56 PDT 2017

Are you new to search engine optimization and don’t really know where to start? I’m going to tell you my top 10 basic SEO tips for beginners. There are other topics that affect SEO, but I am only going to cover the most important ones here. 1. Keywords Keywords are topics that […]

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Tue Apr 04 02:29:30 PDT 2017

SEO is incredibly important to the success of your online marketing efforts. Because of this, a lot of marketers implement various SEO tools including local SEO tools, some of which can be found for free, in order to track, measure and analyze their SEO efforts. You may already even be using some of the more common SEO tools, such as Google Analytics. However, it’s important that you don’t forget about your local SEO efforts as ...

by Brian Honigman @ Digital Current

Tue Jul 25 06:00:27 PDT 2017

Use this guide to help you determine how best to optimize your site in order to boost visitor conversion. Conversion optimization is an ongoing marketing practice that’s never fully completed. No website is perfect as every brand will have areas of their online properties worth optimizing to boost conversions. As an enterprise brand, you likely […]

Do you know what your rankings are in Google, Bing and Yahoo! for your website? Do you know who is beating you for the words and phrases for which you want to rank well? Curious about what you can do to improve your rankings? Want to improve your search engine rank position?

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Dec 21 02:41:08 PST 2016

So far in these series we’ve covered all elements of starting a blog for your business website. We started this series with the assumption that our readers would already have a website, but as we discovered in the comments, an increasing number of people are doing all their research up front, and want some advice on the domain name itself. First off – that’s a smart way to do it. By doing your research in ...

by Mahum Ali @ Twinword, Inc.

Wed Jul 12 00:29:28 PDT 2017

Search engine optimization is playing an important role in websites and ranking keywords on landing pages. Auditing websites is not easy and very time consuming which is why you would need the help of certain tools to find problem areas within the website. I have listed my top 5 SEO auditing tools […]

by Azfar Hisham @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Wed Feb 22 00:41:58 PST 2017

In the last couple of weeks, we’ve had a lot to say about voice search. That’s hardly surprising: Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, Apple’s Siri, Google’s Voice Search – every major tech brand is looking to make voice search a big deal. We’ve already covered why voice search isn’t going to cripple SEO methodologies, and in that article I pointed out that some websites would be more affected than others by this new approach, but usually ...

by Adam Coombs @ Unamo Blog

Thu Sep 07 22:33:19 PDT 2017

Now you can integrate your Google Search Console properties with your Unamo SEO Campaign with GSC data storage for up to 2 years! ​​ You’ll have all of your relevant SEO data on one platform to expedite your analytics and decision making processes. ​ The integration will pull all of your data from GSC into […]

by Joanne Chong @ SEOPressor – WordPress SEO Plugin

Tue Jan 31 04:00:55 PST 2017

If you’ve found this blog by searching online, chances are you were looking to find out more about how to write landing page copy! Well, you’ve come to the right place. Landing pages are your first impression. It’s the page that visitors to your site will arrive at. It may not be the homepage – it could be a landing page for a particular section of your site, concerning a specific product or service. When ...

by Joseph Shih @ Twinword, Inc.

Mon Jul 24 18:43:32 PDT 2017

Google search volume data is important no matter what your online business is. There is no reason to sell something over the internet if no one is searching for it there. Thus it is important to have the correct keyword search statistics. Whether you are setting up a paid search campaign or […]